If you are getting unwanted calls on your iPhone from unknown third parties or old acquaintances you would prefer not to staying contact with. You will be pleased to know that there is an easy way to block numbers and unwanted calls on your iPhone from those that are trying to sell you products or services or just becoming an annoyance. This guide below will show you how to block a number on your iPhone using just a few settings.
Block a number on your iPhone
To get started press the green Phone icon on your iPhone as if you were going to make a call, then click on the “Recents” icon located in the bottom menu. As the icon name suggests, once pressed this will reveal a list of your most recent iPhone calls with the most recent calls listed at the top. Simply find the number or contact you would like to block in the list and press the blue information icon located to the right of the number. Once pressed you will then be shown the contact details of the caller, and at the bottom of this page you will see an option to “Block this Caller” as shown in the images above.
By selecting this option and the pop-up asking you to confirm whether you would like to block the number on your iPhone you ask your phone to stop accepting calls from this number. Once you have requested your iPhone to block a number you’ll see a confirmation that you have now blocked the contact when you return to the recent calls list.
Once contact is blocked on your iPhone the number trying to call you will be sent directly to your answer machine, where they can still leave a voicemail if they decide to, but you won’t receive a notification. Also any text messages they try to send to you will be blocked and a notification will show on their iPhone that the message has been undelivered. But the contact won’t receive a notification that you have blocked their calls or messages.
Unblock on number
If you inadvertently blocked one of your contacts by mistake don’t worry you can unblock an iPhone number and contact just as easy as blocking them. To unblock a number on your iPhone simply press the “Unblock this caller” option to once again receive calls, messages, and Facetime calls from this contact.
Blocked contacts list
Apple also provides an easy way to check all the blocked contacts you currently have allowing you to review any callers, numbers, or contacts easily from one location. You can do this on your iPhone by going to the “Settings” section and tapping the Blocked Contacts option to see the current list of blocked numbers. To view the blocked FaceTime contacts simply select FaceTime in settings and press the “Blocked Contacts” option. Repeat the process for Messages “Blocked Contacts” within the settings options located in SMS/MMS.
While we are on the subject of messages if you’d like to filter or block any unwanted Message you can do this by going to the Settings option and selecting “Messages” and then “Filter Unknown Senders” once enabled this will filter messages from people who aren’t saved in your Contacts.
On a final note, you can also report unwanted iMessages on your iPhone that may be spam or junk mail from the Messages app. If a message is received from someone who is not in your contacts list you will see an option to “Report Junk” underneath the message.
If you are still experiencing issues with unwanted calls or getting your iPhone to work as you want it to be there is more information is available on the official Apple Support website.